Pride comes before a fall
by Douglas Murray, Spectator:
[…] And now the counter-reaction is under way. In America a horrific story has emerged of a gay couple from Atlanta, Georgia, who have been charged with sexual abuse and pimping out their two adopted sons. As each new detail emerges, it gets worse. But it is one of those moments when you feel the air coming out of a highly pressured radiator. The world’s media have not been coy about saying that it is a ‘gay couple’ who have been so charged, rather than a straight couple. And prominent conservative campaigners in the US have taken the opportunity to claim that this all goes to prove something. ‘We let male couples adopt children and then act surprised when this happens,’ wrote one. You can feel the gloves coming off. Connecting homosexuality and paedophilia is one of the oldest anti-gay tropes of the lot. Using one case to smear a whole group is almost the definition of bigotry.
Yet, ugly as it is, this too is predictable. Hit everyone over the head with your Pride stick for long enough and at some point people will search for a weapon to hit back. Game on, as we say in hockey circles.
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ED: The hockey reference applies to the refusal of Russian Orthodox hockey player to wear a gay pride jersey for Philadelphia Flyers. Story here
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